Sugar Plum Fairy

Name: Sugar Plum Fairy
Ingredients: 1 3/4 oz London Dry Gin; 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 3 bar spoon Plum Preserves; rinse Absinthe; Sugar

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By Stephen Czerwinski

5.0 Submitted on: March 17, 2021

Seasonal

Themed

I’m a big fan of using homemade jams and preserves in cocktails. They provide interesting flavors when used sparingly, and for the home bartender with limited space, they have the advantage of being useful outside of making drinks. So when I was looking for inspiration for some holiday-themed cocktails my mind kept on coming back to Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, a childhood favorite of mine. From there it seemed obvious to try to make a cocktail themed around “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” ...

Ingredients

1 3/4 oz
London Dry Gin

1/2 oz
Fresh Lemon Juice

3 bar spoon
Plum Preserves

rinse
Absinthe

Sugar

Tools

Cocktail Shaker
Cocktail Pick
Nick and Nora Glass

Instructions

Garnish

Lemon twist and cranberries.

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Nick & Nora Glass

By Stephen Czerwinski

Home Bar Enthusiast

Stephen’s interest in cocktails began out of a search for a new hobby that spiraled into an obsession. After getting tired of never knowing what to order in a bar and getting overwhelmed by vast liquor store selections, he started reading, studying, and experimenting on his own. From there he soon joined the massive community of home bar enthusiasts on Instagram which pushed him to develop and create while honing his palate. Like many home bartenders, his imagination is often at odds with the s...

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Rim a chilled Nick and Nora or coupe glass with sugar and rinse with absinthe (I like to give it a spray from an atomizer). Then shake all ingredients over ice and double strain into glass. Garnish with lemon twist and cranberries. Alternately, if you don’t want to rim your glass with sugar, you can substitute a bar spoon or two of simple syrup added to the shaker (to taste).